The Florida Highway Patrol said the school bus ran the light and hit a tan Nissan Sentra as the car left Red Bug Elementary School. That collision caused the bus to careen off the road and into a power pole.

The Red Bug Elementary students on board ranged from 6 to 11 years old, FHP said.

Officials were forced to close Red Bug Lake Road from Dodd Road to Wesson Drive following the accident.

The school bus driver, 66-year-old Jack Timmel, was cited for running the red light.

Timmel has driven for the Seminole County School District for five years, and he was ticketed for running the same red light and crashing on Jan. 25, according to FHP.

Timmel was also cited for careless driving in 2007, but the January crash was his first crash as a school bus driver, according to George Kosmac, assistant superintendent of the Seminole County School District.

He was taken off duty and given training.

"We're displeased that there was an accident and more so that it involved the same driver, same incident. We are thankful that no children or adults were harmed," said Kosmac.

Timmel has been taken off duty again, and Kosmac wouldn't say what would happen to him.

At his home, Timmel told WESH 2 that his bus company and manager told him not to talk to the media and that he had already apologized to the parents of the children who were at the scene.

Power lines connected to the knocked pole were affected. Progress Energy workers were called to fix the drooping lines.